T Quotes
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“The measure of a truly great life is to use up all our potentials before we die”
Source: YOUR POTENTIALS - THE SOURCE OF YOUR GREATNESS: ….Secrets to unleashing your full potentials and achieving greater heights in life.
“The measure of a value of a man is beyond momentary value.”
“The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.”
“The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.”
Source: The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life
“The measure of all love is its giving. The measure of the love of God is the cross of Christ.”
Source: Rediscovering Holiness: Know the Fullness of Life with God
“The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart.”
“The measure of any great civilization is its cities and a measure of a city's greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares.”
“The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.”
Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt
“The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls.”
“The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions.”
“The measure of biblical truth that we have grasped is not determined by the size of our heads, but the breadth of our hearts.”
“The measure of brilliance is in its utility.”
“The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman.”
Source: The Western Captive and Other Indian Stories
“The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity.”
“The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.”
“The measure of civilisation lies not in monuments but in compassion. The greatness of a people is found in how they treat the voiceless, the weak, and the forgotten. Empathy is the foundation of true progress.”
“The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.”
Source: Conversations on war and general culture
“The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.”
Source: Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
“The measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity - adversity that does not weaken a man but rather shows what he is.”
“The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.”
“The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.”
“The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.”
Source: The Lady of the Sorrows
“The measure of health is how long you can destroy your health.”
“The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn.”
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
“The measure of love is love without measure.”
Source: The love of God, and spiritual friendship
“The measure of love is to have no mean, the end to be everlasting.”
Source: Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit; Euphues & His England
“The measure of love is to love without measure.”
“The measure of love is to love without measure. - attributed to Saint Augustine”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“The measure of love is to love without measuring.”
“The measure of man's humanity is the extent and intensity of his love for mankind.”
“The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job.”
Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America
“The measure of my success is the measure of my happiness.”
Source: The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne: A Novel
“The measure of ones richness is determined by the equation applied”
“The measure of our intellectual capacity is the capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems.”
“The measure of our love for others can largely be determined by the frequency and earnestness of our prayers for them.”
Source: The Ability of God: Prayers of the Apostle Paul
“The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and simple hold down a job. If you're still at the point when you're even just barely going through the motions--showing up at work, paying the bills--you are still okay or okay enough. A desire not to acknowledge sadness in ourselves or those close to us--better known these days as denial, is such a strong urge that plenty of people prefer to think that until you are actually flying out of a window, you don't have a problem.”
Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America
“The measure of our potential lies not in our limitations but in our willingness to embrace the unknown, to venture boldly into uncharted territories for growth and self-realization.”
“The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.”
“The measure of our rationality determines the degree of vividness with which we appreciate the needs of other life, the extent to which we become conscious of the real character of our own motives and impulses, the ability to harmonize conflicting impulses in our own life and in society, and the capacity to choose adequate means for approved ends.”
Source: Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics: (Library of America #263)
“The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.”
“The measure of performance of any given agent is the amount of money it accumulates through its actions.”
Source: Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity
“The measure of progress is not in how many smart cities we’ve built, or how many revolutionary technologies we’ve invented – the measure of progress is in how many lives we’ve improved.”
Source: The Gospel of Technology
“The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.”
“The measure of self-assurance is how deeply and sincerely interested you are in others; the measure of insecurity is how much you try to impress them with you.”
Source: Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
“The measure of success in community development is durability, not headlines.”
“The measure of success is not merchandise but character.”
Source: Have Faith In Massachusetts
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.”
“The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!”
Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation